The actor and director Ivano Marescotti died in Ravenna. He was 77 years old
.
He had been hospitalized for a few days in the civil hospital of Ravenna due to the worsening of his physical conditions linked to a serious illness.
He leaves behind his wife Erika, whom he married a year ago, and daughter Iliad born in his previous marriage.
Last year in February, he announced his decision to retire from the stage to devote himself exclusively to the "Teatro Accademia Marescotti" in Ravenna.
Among his unforgettable interpretations
is Dr. Randazzo in Benigni's Johnny Stecchino.
A life for cinema and theatre, from civil commitment to comedy, without forgetting the activity of passing on the profession to young actors and the passion for the Romagna dialect, which he had contributed to the rediscovery and of which he was an appreciated interpreter.
The world of Italian entertainment mourns Ivano Marescotti, actor and director.
He died in Ravenna, in whose province, in Villanova di Bagnacavallo, he was born 77 years ago
.
Marescotti had been hospitalized for a few days in the city hospital due to a worsening illness.
The list of productions and directors with whom he has worked in his forty-year career is endless and multifaceted, that is, since he decided to make his passion a profession, leaving his job to the Municipality of Ravenna.
You have worked in the theater with Leo de Berardinis, Mario Martone, Carlo Cecchi, Giampiero Solari, Giorgio Albertazzi, Marco Marinelli, but you have also participated in over fifty films, working with directors of the caliber of Anthony Minghella, Ridley Scott, Marco Risi and Pupi Go ahead.
Without disdaining roles in comic films: unforgettable his interpretation of Dr. Randazzo, inflexible inspector in Roberto Benigni's Johnny Stecchino, more recently his collaboration with Checco Zalone.
There are also many fictions in which she has participated.
He has had 6 nominations for the Silver Ribbon, which he won in 2004
for the interpretation in the short film Life Insurance by Tommaso Cariboni and Augusto Modigliani.
His bond with his land is very strong: starting in the 1990s he began an in-depth work of recovering the Romagna language, returning to the theater with texts by Raffaello Baldini, to then reread and rewrite Dante and Ariosto in his own way.
His monologue on Romagna, very popular on Youtube, is an irresistible fable on tolerance and coexistence.
And a year ago, his wedding with his wife Erika was celebrated with a civil ceremony in the Romagna dialect.
As the mayor of Ravenna Michele de Pascale recalled, he was also a point of reference for the cultural community of his city, especially with his Teatro Accademia Marescotti.
And he was also always a politically engaged man, on the left,
although on more than one occasion fiercely critical of the various political forces.
In 2014 he stood as a candidate in the European elections with the list 'The other Europe for Tsipras'.